pharmaphorum

AUGUST 11, 2022

CMS recently finalized its proposal to include the score in its Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program featured in the 2023 Inpatient Prospective Payment System Final Rule. What is the Global Malnutrition Composite Score?

Hospitals 52

Hospitals Inpatient Documentation 52

Pharmacy Joe

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Subscribe on iTunes , Android , or Stitcher If you navigate to the page on the website for the Institute for Safe Medication Practices that once hosted the document titled “Oral Dosage Forms That Should Not Be Crushed” you will instead find a notice that the list has been removed from the ISMP website.

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Dosage Inpatient Packaging Documentation 111

ALiEM - Pharm Pearls

MARCH 29, 2023

Children 29 days or older with fever from a documented viral source can be managed according to their clinical presentation and can go outside the algorithm. This requires a documented positive viral swab and not just a presentation consistent with a viral syndrome. What should be done if the viral panel is positive ?

Hospitals 360

Hospitals Documentation Inpatient Immunity 360

Pharmacy Joe

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The current guidance in the Pfizer document states: Limited inventory released direct and to wholesalers/distributors in part or full when available. If you like this post, check out my book – A Pharmacist’s Guide to Inpatient Medical Emergencies: How to respond to code blue, rapid response calls, and other medical emergencies. <–

Hospitals 52

Hospitals Inpatient Documentation 52

Pharmacy Joe

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The current guidance in the Pfizer document states: Limited inventory released direct and to wholesalers/distributors in part or full when available. If you like this post, check out my book – A Pharmacist’s Guide to Inpatient Medical Emergencies: How to respond to code blue, rapid response calls, and other medical emergencies. <–

Hospitals 52

Hospitals Inpatient Documentation 52

pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The burden was chiefly driven by direct costs like medicinal products, inpatient and outpatient hospital visits and home healthcare, as well as mortality costs, calculated at $130,000 per year lost. The highest burden was posed by metabolic diseases and neurological disorders, which were both upwards of $300,000 PPPY.

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Inpatient Documentation Diabetes Hospitals 98

Pharmacy Joe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

If you like this post, check out my book – A Pharmacist’s Guide to Inpatient Medical Emergencies: How to respond to code blue, rapid response calls, and other medical emergencies. <– To access my free download area with 20 different resources to help you in your practice, go to pharmacyjoe.com/free.

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Pharmacy Technician Communication Inpatient Documentation 52

Pharmacy Joe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

If you like this post, check out my book – A Pharmacist’s Guide to Inpatient Medical Emergencies: How to respond to code blue, rapid response calls, and other medical emergencies. <– To access my free download area with 20 different resources to help you in your practice, go to pharmacyjoe.com/free.

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Pharmacy Technician Communication Inpatient Documentation 52

Pharmacy Joe

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

In about one-fifth of the aPTTs results there was documented interference by the lab. If you like this post, check out my book – A Pharmacist’s Guide to Inpatient Medical Emergencies: How to respond to code blue, rapid response calls, and other medical emergencies. <– This cohort of patients had 531 aPTTs drawn collectively.

Hospitals 52

Hospitals Inpatient Documentation 52

Pharmacy Joe

JUNE 5, 2022

No patient in the study cohort required treatment for extravasation, and the bedside team taking care of each patient never documented an extravasation event. If you like this post, check out my book – A Pharmacist’s Guide to Inpatient Medical Emergencies: How to respond to code blue, rapid response calls, and other medical emergencies. <–

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Documentation Hospitals Inpatient 40

Pharmacy Joe

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Subscribe on iTunes , Android , or Stitcher If you navigate to the page on the website for the Institute for Safe Medication Practices that once hosted the document titled “Oral Dosage Forms That Should Not Be Crushed” you will instead find a notice that the list has been removed from the ISMP website.

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Dosage Inpatient Packaging Documentation 52

ID Stewardship

APRIL 13, 2023

Goal 2, Objective 3.1 : Expand the number of sources for and quantity of antibiotic resistance surveillance data collected from inpatient healthcare facilities. An important accompanying document for Joint Commission standards are Critical Access Hospital Accreditation Survey Activity Guide, for which the January 2023 guide can be found here.

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Hospitals Inpatient Documentation Communication 94

Pharmacy Joe

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

In about one-fifth of the aPTTs results there was documented interference by the lab. If you like this post, check out my book – A Pharmacist’s Guide to Inpatient Medical Emergencies: How to respond to code blue, rapid response calls, and other medical emergencies. <– This cohort of patients had 531 aPTTs drawn collectively.

Hospitals 40

Hospitals Inpatient Documentation 40

Pharmacy Joe

APRIL 27, 2022

Louis just published a prospective before-after pilot and feasibility trial of an educational initiative aimed at instituting reliable ED sedation depth documentation and reducing the proportion of deeply sedated patients. The final analysis of the study population included 415 patients across 3 medical centers. post-intervention.

Hospitals 40

Hospitals Inpatient Documentation 40

Pharmacy Joe

JANUARY 10, 2021

This data, together with the dose-related risk of GI bleeding from ketorolac documented in the prescribing information , has caused me to abandon using the 30 and 60 mg doses of ketorolac in my practice. This is yet another study demonstrating that the analgesic ceiling dose of ketorolac is 10 mg.

Clinical Pharmacology 40

Clinical Pharmacology Inpatient Dosage Documentation 40

RX Note

JUNE 21, 2023

In the UK, the unification of the prescription and the administration meant this document need to remain on the hospital ward and required the pharmacist to visit the ward to order medicines. Any special dosing of drugs may also be supported with reasons written on drug charts so that pharmacists at inpatient can take note.

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Hospitals Patient Counseling Inpatient Dosage 52

Integra X Files

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Medicare pays much better but covers fewer residents and only for short periods of time, usually following inpatient hospitalization. The document for calculating the score is derived from the Minimum Data Set (MDS). Drugs are included in this payment and the drug payment component is found in the NTA calculation.

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Nursing Homes Inpatient Documentation Immunity 52

Pharmacy Joe

JANUARY 12, 2022

There is only anecdotal evidence purporting their benefits, which is offset by anecdotal evidence documenting their substantial potential for harm. If you like this post, check out my book – A Pharmacist’s Guide to Inpatient Medical Emergencies: How to respond to code blue, rapid response calls, and other medical emergencies. <–

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Sterile Compounds Intravenous Solutions Compounding Inpatient 40

Amber

AUGUST 11, 2022

Medical Transcriptionist Transcribing medical documents is work you can do from anywhere at hours convenient for you. This role helps you master the ability to hear medical jargon and then efficiently process what you hear into documents. If you’re wanting to sharpen your medical coding skills, then this is a great role to consider.

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Specialty Pharmacies Communication Documentation Medical Records 52

Pharmacy Joe

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

If I’m trying to determine whether venous thromboembolism prophylaxis is appropriate, it is much faster and accurate to see the sequential compression stockings (SCDs) on the patient’s legs than it is to search the medical record for documentation that SCDs were applied.

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Medical Records Inpatient Documentation Communication 52

Pharmacy Joe

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

If I’m trying to determine whether venous thromboembolism prophylaxis is appropriate, it is much faster and accurate to see the sequential compression stockings (SCDs) on the patient’s legs than it is to search the medical record for documentation that SCDs were applied.

Medical Records 52

Medical Records Inpatient Documentation Communication 52

Board Vitals - Pharmacist

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

The benefits offered by advanced level practitioners to practice is well documented as well. between 2012 and 2015. The study said, “Most of these specialists were advanced practitioners, physician assistants and nurse practitioners, delivering post-acute care.” or lower.”

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Nursing Homes Hospitals Inpatient Documentation 52

pharmaphorum

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The FDA may still approve the drug – its reviewer had called some elements of the data persuasive in a briefing document – but even if it does getting payers to stump up for a drug with shaky data could be a challenge, despite the lack of Alzheimer’s therapies. million, around the same level as the same period of 2019.

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Inpatient Documentation 45

Pharmacy Joe

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Both the prescriber and pharmacist were required to document the source of the patient’s U-500 insulin dose in the electronic record, as well as which device the patient used to draw their U-500 insulin dose at home (U-100 insulin syringe, TB syringes, etc).

Hospitals 40

Hospitals Communication Inpatient Documentation 40

Pharmacy Joe

MAY 1, 2024

A total of 184 patients met the criteria of presenting to the ED and being admitted for bacterial infection, having a reported beta-lactam allergy history that was moderate, severe, or unknown in nature, and who did not have a documented history of beta-lactam tolerance. He experienced a rash to the piperacillin-tazobactam as an inpatient.

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Inpatient Medical Records Documentation Labelling 52

Pharmacy Joe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Don’t get me wrong – I’m not suggesting that you don’t document necessary pieces of information in the medical record, or that you don’t document your interventions. But for basic interventions like I just described, it makes the physician look good when they “fix up” orders based on your informal recommendations.

Hospitals 52

Hospitals Documentation Medical Records Inpatient 52

Pharmacy Joe

APRIL 26, 2023

There were no infusion-related reactions including phlebitis or IV site reactions that were documented. If you like this post, check out my book – A Pharma cist’s Guide to Inpatient Medical Emergencies: How to respond to code blue, rapid response calls, and other medical emergencies. <–

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JANUARY 27, 2023

In an email to Pharmaceutical Technology , he further described the therapy as “the most important advance for treatment of TTP since the documentation of effectiveness of plasma exchange in 1991”. A refund up to 12 inpatient doses will also be offered for patients whose disease worsens while receiving treatment.

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Documentation Immunity Immunization Inpatient 52

Board Vitals - Pharmacist

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Today, at an outpatient practice or in an inpatient hospital, a healthcare provider is asking themselves: Can we do this differently or better? Once clinicians have translated their research and skills into practice, they need to learn how to measure, quantify and document the outcomes data.

Medical Schools 52

Medical Schools Hospitals Inpatient Packaging 52

Pharmacy Joe

AUGUST 27, 2023

Augmented renal clearance is well-documented in trauma patients , especially those under the age of 50. If you like this post, check out my book – A Pharmacist’s Guide to Inpatient Medical Emergencies: How to respond to code blue, rapid response calls, and other medical emergencies. <–

Inpatient 52

Inpatient Documentation 52

Pharmacy Joe

AUGUST 27, 2023

Augmented renal clearance is well-documented in trauma patients , especially those under the age of 50. If you like this post, check out my book – A Pharmacist’s Guide to Inpatient Medical Emergencies: How to respond to code blue, rapid response calls, and other medical emergencies. <–

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Inpatient Documentation 52

RX Note

JUNE 3, 2023

Inpatient Pharmacy Services Explain Floor stock, unit of dose and unit of use High alert medications Tall man lettering, sound-alike medication, look-alike medication Standard and end user item Floor stock list - How to decide min and max level List non-medical items that should be available in the emergency trolley.

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Health and Personal Care Stores Chemotherapy Compounding Dosage 40

Pharmacy Joe

APRIL 26, 2023

There were no infusion-related reactions including phlebitis or IV site reactions that were documented. If you like this post, check out my book – A Pharma cist’s Guide to Inpatient Medical Emergencies: How to respond to code blue, rapid response calls, and other medical emergencies. <–

Inpatient 52

Inpatient Documentation 52

Pharmacy Joe

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Documentation within the medical record. If you like this post, check out my book – A Pharmacist’s Guide to Inpatient Medical Emergencies: How to respond to code blue, rapid response calls, and other medical emergencies. <– This 3-step procedure includes: 1. Determination of indication 2. Review of prior opioid use 3.

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Hospitals Medical Records Inpatient Documentation 40

Pharmacy Joe

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

However, 100% of these episodes were precipitated by existing cardiovascular disease and 50% of these episodes had documented monomorphic VT prior to receiving ondansetron. There were 46 patients in the cohort of over 32,000 that developed monomorphic ventricular tachycardia.

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Mayo Clinic Inpatient Documentation 40

Pharmacy Joe

OCTOBER 25, 2020

Augmented renal clearance is well-documented in trauma patients , especially those under the age of 50. If you like this post, check out my book – A Pharmacist’s Guide to Inpatient Medical Emergencies: How to respond to code blue, rapid response calls, and other medical emergencies. <–

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Inpatient Documentation 40

Pharmacy Joe

JUNE 21, 2020

There were no infusion-related reactions including phlebitis or IV site reactions that were documented. If you like this post, check out my book – A Pharma cist’s Guide to Inpatient Medical Emergencies: How to respond to code blue, rapid response calls, and other medical emergencies. <–

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Inpatient Documentation 40